Cliffjumper went outside as he coughed again trying to not throw up anymore energon. He started to hear his own com-link break into static noise before it started to form a few words "C-C-Cliffjumper! Where are you?" Cliffjumper looked as he heard a garbled voice as he ran into the forest to get a better connection. He started to hear someone familiar come through "Cliffjumper! I repeat, where are you!?" That sounded like Ratchet, he sounded incredibly worried as Cliffjumper asked with his voice breaking "Ratchet, is that you?" he heard a sigh of relief as Ratchet soon said "We been trying to get in contact with you, the network isn't very good here." He soon said "I'll get b-back to you soon. Cliffjumper out."
Cliffjumper leaned against the tree trunk, the hard bark against his back as he felt the agonising, sharp pain in his throat. His metallic skin which once felt hard felt unnaturally soft, the lines of his metallic exoskeleton stretched out as he lifted his head up looking at the clouds in the sky. Crumpled, torn flesh around the gaping hole in his neck was tainted in energon which covered the inner part of his neck joint. He felt numbness in his fingers, grasping for warmth as he felt the wind start to pick up. He could feel his mind screaming at him internally to get up and get back to base as his blue optics became maya blue as he gripped his own horn in pain. With some effort, he got up treading through the grass as he looked down at his hands seeing that they looked to be losing the heat.
He gulped as he as he gave a feeble sound from his own damaged voicebox. He tripped after a while, his optics not focusing as he got up again, his mind set on trying to get out of this brutal weather. He gripped on a branch of a ash tree before noticing that on his radar there that he was quite close to the base. When he arrived, he knocked on the door wildly. Wheeljack soon heard frantic knocking as he opened up the door. He looked in surprise seeing Cliffjumper outside with his neck damaged and freezing in the cool weather as Wheeljack allowed him inside of the Ark. Clffijumper felt like he was going to pass out as Wheeljack dragged him and said "Let's get to Ratchet, buddy." They arrived at the doorway of the medical bay as Wheeljack knocked before saying "We got Cliff here!" A grumble was heard from inside as Ratchet appeared "Finally! I was just about to scold him!-"
He paused seeing Clffjumper shivering and his throat having a severe injury as he took him inside. "Right, no wonder you been outside for a long time. Let's get you patched up." He put him on the bed as he scanned Cliffjumper and his expression turned rather grim "Your condition isn't particularly great, you lost a lot of energon and your circuits have been damaged. You will be required to take rest and not go to high-risk missions for a while now. It's also good to not speak that much to relax your vocal cords." Cliffjumper looked considerably at Ratchet's advice as he had his arms around his knees "So are you saying that I nearly died?" Ratchet shook his head "No, you wouldn't have died but your injury would have gotten worse if you didn't come to me." Ratchet looked towards his scanners with irritation on his face "What am I supposed to do with you younglings these days..."
Clffjumper soon leaned against the bed as Ratchet noticed him cold. He looked towards the hanger with the jackets as he took one of them off and wrapped his shoulders with the jacket "I got this from Nicole. This should keep you warm for now." Cliffjumper looked as Ratchet went to heal Sideswipe who got himself burned by accident as Clffijumper held the jacket close to himself, feeling the soft fluff from the jacket all over his torso. He heard them having a discussion probably about something important, he decided to power off for the night as he leaned against the bed with his optics shutting down and losing colours.
Sideswipe had a smirk on his face as he asked "What is this about having nightmares?" Ratchet scowled as he tended to Sideswipe's hand "Why do you need to know about the fact I am having nightmares of Cybertron's past?" He realized he said too much as he sighed "Yes I do have those. Another one happened yesterday." Sideswipe looked as Ratchet let go afterwards "Then, Cliffjumper came in with his voicebox being in rough shape. A little coincidental don't you think?" Ratchet just glanced at him "Don't start having conspiracy theories Sideswipe." Sideswipe chuckled as he said "I'm just teasing with ya, doc." Ratchet looked over his clipboard before saying "Okay, so it looks like your hand would get better sooner or later. You are free to go." Sideswipe stretched himself up before leaving the med bay as Ratchet ticked off another name from his list for today.
Ratchet soon went to Cliff who was resting quietly as he looked at the wide gaping hole "I'll discuss with him tomorrow morning about this, it looks like the mission he had faced seemed to be dangerous than I think. Cliffjumper is not one to be easily taken down, especially with his hot-headed attitude. " He considered before deciding to work for tonight as he sat down on the desk, turning over medical notes in thought as he watched the clock tick away quietly.